| CT features in abdominal tuberculosis: 20 years experience. | |
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PMID: 12427257 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is endemic in the developing world and is reemerging in the West. Since computed tomography (CT) has the ability to demonstrate changes in the peritonium, mesentry, lymphnodes, bowel and solid organs and is being increasingly used for primary evaluation of abdominal conditions, it is important to be familiar with the CT features of the disease. METHODS: CT findings were retrospectively analysed in 49 patients with proved abdominal TB. Patients with genitourinary TB and with AIDS/HIV were not included in the study. RESULTS: Peritoneal involvement was the most common feature (77.5%) with ascites (wet peritonitis) seen in more than half the cases (55.2%). The rest showed peritoneal, mesenteric or omental thickening or mass formation but no ascites (dry peritonitis). Other findings included lymphadenopathy (46.9% mainly of diffuse nature, bowel wall thickening (38%) and solid organ involvement (20.4%). CONCLUSIONS: CT reliably demonstrates the entire range of findings which need interpretation in the light of clinical and laboratory data. |
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Tariq Sinan; Mehraj Sheikh; Salwa Ramadan; Sukhpal Sahwney; Abdulla Behbehani |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2002-Nov-12 |
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Title: BMC medical imaging Volume: 2 ISSN: 1471-2342 ISO Abbreviation: BMC Med Imaging Publication Date: 2002 Nov |
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Created Date: 2002-Dec-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100968553 Medline TA: BMC Med Imaging Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 3 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Radiology, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait. mehraj@hsc.kuniv.edu.kw |
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